Semifinals set for New Japan Cup 2022
This year’s New Japan Cup is down to its final four wrestlers.
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shingo Takagi are the semifinal matches for the New Japan Cup. Both matches are taking place this Saturday (March 26), with the winners advancing to face each other in the finals on Sunday (March 27).
The semifinals and finals are both being held at Osaka-jo Hall.
Okada and Naito advanced to the semifinals with victories on Sunday. Okada defeated CIMA, while Naito defeated Jeff Cobb.
Okada is the current IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
ZSJ and Takagi advanced by winning their quarterfinal matches at Monday’s New Japan Cup show. Takagi defeated his fellow Los Ingobernables de Japon stablemate Hiromu Takahashi, and ZSJ defeated Will Ospreay.
Here are the full results from Monday’s show:
– New Japan Cup quarterfinal match: Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Will Ospreay
– New Japan Cup quarterfinal match: Shingo Takagi defeated Hiromu Takahashi
– Kazuchika Okada & YOH defeated Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI
– Jeff Cobb, The Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare defeated Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomoaki Honma
– EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi defeated El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
– Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo defeated Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
– Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano defeated Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & DOUKI
– Satoshi Kojima, Tiger Mask & Yuto Nakashima defeated Togi Makabe, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita
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